| Here is a builder's photo of (L to R) Pennsylvania Railroad engines #5823 and another "Centipede" whose number is not recorded. Both were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as 3,000 horsepower BP-60's for passenger service, but later regeared and downgraded to 2,500 horsepower BP-50's for freight and helper service. #5823 was built in March of 1947 and retired in September of 1962 after just 15 years of revenue service. Together, they weighed over a million pounds! |